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If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.

If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.

John F. Kennedy
Sight, Would Be, Faces

There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.

John F. Kennedy
Men, Dies

Let's not talk so much about vice. I'm against vice in all forms.

John F. Kennedy
Vices, Form, Miscellaneous

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

John F. Kennedy
Fall, Survival, Prejudice

Perhaps scientists have been the most international of all professions in their outlook... Every time you scientists make a major invention, we politicians have to invent a new institution to cope with it-and almost invariably, these days, it must be an international institution.

John F. Kennedy
Government, Politician, Scientist

Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and the first wave of nuclear power. And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be part of it-we mean to lead it.

John F. Kennedy
Country, Mean, Space
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program, delivered 12 September 1962, Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have always felt that there was a close relationship between a strong, vital mind and physical fitness.

John F. Kennedy
Strong, Wrestling, Greek
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961".

We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.

John F. Kennedy
Working Together, World, Mutual Respect
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.521, Best Books on

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement.

John F. Kennedy
Art, Judgement, Humans
Remarks upon receiving an honorary degree from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 26 Oct. 1963

There is something that happens when we leave the land and enter the ocean. It's unexpected, the environment feels strangely welcoming. The ocean almost feels like... home.

John F. Kennedy
Ocean, Home, Land

Real men stay faithful. They don't have time to look for other women because they're too busy looking for new ways to love their own.

John F. Kennedy
Real, Men, Faithful

If my church attempted to influence me in a way which was improper or which affected adversely my responsibilities as a public servant sworn to uphold the Constitution, then I would reply to them that this was an improper action on their part. It was one to which I could not subscribe.

John F. Kennedy
Responsibility, Atheism, Church
Greater Houston Ministerial Association Q & A, delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX

There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the country, some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San Francisco. It's very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.

John F. Kennedy
Inspirational, Life, Country
News conference, 21 Mar. 1962

Voters are more than Catholics, Protestants or Jews. They make up their minds for many diverse reasons, good and bad. To submit the candidates to a religious test is unfair enough - to apply it to the voters is divisive, degrading and wholly unwarranted.

John F. Kennedy
Religious, Catholic, Mind

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

John F. Kennedy
Responsibility, White, House
John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

A nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what it preaches about equal rights and social justice will be respected by those whose choice affects our future.

John F. Kennedy
Home, Rights, Practice
Undelivered Speech to the Dallas Citizens Council, delivered 22 November 1963, Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas

I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.

John F. Kennedy
Endurance, Energy, Would Be
John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

John F. Kennedy
Land, Liberty
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.516, Best Books on

O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.

John F. Kennedy
Sea, Presidential, Thank You God
"Remarks in New York City at the Dedication of the East Coast Memorial to the Missing at Sea". May 23, 1963.

The only unchangable certainty in life is that nothing is unchangable or certain.

John F. Kennedy
Wisdom, Fun, Certainty In Life

The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

John F. Kennedy
Lying, Enemy, Truth Is
Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.471, Best Books on

I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me.

John F. Kennedy
Church, Atheism, Matter
Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX

I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington.

John F. Kennedy
Children, Presidential, Arms
"Statement by the President to American Women Concerning their Role in Securing World Peace". November 1, 1963.

Sometimes it just amazes me how many people desperately want to protect my personal information. Ten thousand reflections hide the true gem. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy
Reflection, People, Peaceful

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as a self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

John F. Kennedy
Rights, Self, People